There is/was a tremendous misinformation campaign against people who have been good to Russia. Stalin and other Soviet leaders have been maligned while Western puppets like Gorbachev have been praised by Western paid media. Look at this link. It gives reading pleasure.

had there not been Stalins purges, Soviet russia would have won it long before 1945. he was a psychotic man who commanded a large amount of power.

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An oft quoted Gandhian phrase is that if all were to follow an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth, then the world would go blind. The counter to that is that if only some follow this and others don't then it is the non-violent who would go blind while the rogues will rule the world.

Stalin was a mass murderer, but those were some terrible times in human history. Poland saw the worst of both countries, with Polish Jews becoming victims to the most horrific crimes in recorded human history.

Russia also suffered a lot. Both Leningrad and Stalingrad were obliterated by the Germans. Germany had almost taken over Moscow. Stalin started this massive campaign to protect Mother Russia. Women sold their jewelry and donated it to the govt. Men worked in factories for no wages. They built new and powerful tanks, planes and guns on minimal costs.

When they launched an offensive, they bull dozed over Germany, covering over 300 miles in 10 days on foot in cold weather. The war stories of Stalingrad are mind numbing.

Stalin was butchering the Japanese , who had butchered the Chinese. They say Russia was the main reason Japan surrendered, and not because of the Bomb.

had there not been Stalins purges, Soviet russia would have won it long before 1945. he was a psychotic man who commanded a large amount of power.

There are a lot of hypothetical possibilities in WW II. Like what if Japan didn’t do Pearl Harbor (Only Congress can declare war and thus pushed US into WW 2)

Stalin gathered a huge amount of power in a manner like Aurangzeb did. This gave him the luxury of sending millions to death, which western allies didn’t have (they could send only thousands to death). This helped him take care of Germany from the eastern side. There is a channel called AHC, which keeps showing stories from WW 2. There are also many documentaries in Netflix which led to my interest in This topic.

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This is quite a game, politics. There are no permanent enemies, and no permanent friends,only permanent interests. - Some Firang

There are a lot of hypothetical possibilities in WW II. Like what if Japan didn’t do Pearl Harbor (Only Congress can declare war and thus pushed US into WW 2)

Stalin gathered a huge amount of power in a manner like Aurangzeb did. This gave him the luxury of sending millions to death, which western allies didn’t have (they could send only thousands to death). This helped him take care of Germany from the eastern side. There is a channel called AHC, which keeps showing stories from WW 2. There are also many documentaries in Netflix which led to my interest in This topic.

Best documentary is ww2 in color. Also Oliver Stone Untold Stories of America. Excellent documentaries.